Entries from September 2013

The Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority approved its 2014 budget and water and sewer enterprise fund, as well as its tax rate Aug. 19. The tax rate stayed steady at .952 mills. According to the IDA’s five-year tax history, this will generate an estimated $570,201 in property tax revenues for the industrial authority ...
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There hasn’t been a college football star with as much media coverage and scrutiny as Johnny Manziel since the days of Tim Tebow at the University of Florida. Now those two men have very different personalities and may be criticized for their off-the-field actions for much different reasons; but their impact on the football field is very ...
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Commerce’s city manager Pete Pyrzenski and finance director James Wascher breathed sighs of relief last week after Jackson County tax commissioner Don Elrod sent tax digest figures for 2013. After four consecutive years of digest declines, the 2013 tax digest “is flat,” Pyrzenski said. It used to be that a flat tax digest was bad news ...
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Plans for holding an open house at the newly remodeled City Hall were discussed at the Maysville City Council work session Thursday night. Tours of City Hall will be given on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Attendees are invited to walk through the first and second floors of the newly remodeled building, chat with the mayor and council ...
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An alleged shoplifting at the Flying J on Maysville Road led to three arrests — but none of them connected with the shoplifting. A clerk told the officer that she observed Tania Elizabeth Winchell, 27, of 3535 Athens Highway, Jefferson, conceal several items in her clothing. As an officer spoke with Winchell and two other people with her, a ...
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The Apalachee High School softball team ventured to the coast this past weekend and returned home this three victories. The Lady Wildcats competed in the Softball in the Sand tournament recording wins against Charlton County, Camden County and Vidalia. The lone setback came against North Forsyth Saturday. “It was good for our team to get some ...
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Solid defense has been one of the reasons the Winder-Barrow High School softball team has earned five wins in the early portion of the 2013 season, two of which have been against Region 8-AAAAA foes. The Lady Bulldoggs, despite their youthful makeup this fall, have already enjoyed success and hope it will continue as the season progresses. ...
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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has issued a lookout alert on an elderly Braselton man who is missing. On September 3, the sheriff’s office responded to Thornhill Drive in Braselton in reference to a missing person. Relatives reported to the responding deputy that Jimmy Smithson lives alone at the residence and has recently been ...
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Banks County School System superintendent has announced his retirement. In an email to all staff members on Aug 4, Banks County School Superintendent Chris Erwin announced he plans to retire by Dec. 1, 2013. Erwin has served as superintendent in Banks County for over 10 years. Erwin said, “I am tremendously proud of the accomplishments that ...
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Barrow County manager Jock Connell resigned Tuesday afternoon from the post he held for only eight months. District 3 Commissioner Steve Worley on Wednesday confirmed the resignation. “I am shocked and disappointed,” Worley said. Worley said Connell did not give him the reason for his decision, but he plans to meet with him in person to ...
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